Linux.com: VidaLinux 1.1: Better, But Still Not Perfect | Linux Today

Linux.com: VidaLinux 1.1: Better, But Still Not Perfect

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 16, 2005

“Back in July we took a look at the first public release of
Vidalinux, a Gentoo-based GNU/Linux distribution developed in
Puerto Rico. Since then, Vidalinux OS has fixed a lot of its
problems and undergone a graphical overhaul. It’s also been broken
up into two distributions: a ‘lite’ version that is free to
download, and a paid version that includes more applications and
support from the developers. In all, Vidalinux OS is still making
progress, but isn’t quite ‘there’ yet.

“The first major improvement to Vidalinux OS 1.1 is the revamped
installer. It still uses Red Hat’s Anaconda tool, but all of the
stray references to Red Hat and Gentoo are gone, replaced by
Vidalinux and their excellent logos and graphics…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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